Back to recovering from the Godot 4 upgrade today, and I finally got characters displaying again! Pathing needs to be redone, but it's just nice to see the boys back
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Cleaned up the code for 3D impacts, now they can begin on any layer and propagate Up And Down! I was so excited to get the effect working last time that I forgot to check if it works correctly when centered off the ground.
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Posted a tiny writeup on the steam page! Mostly I was just exploring the community features. It seems like a good idea to post things there from time to time, just as a proof-of-life for people pruning wishlists. #devlog
store.steampowered.com/news/app/362...
That said, I can't find any relating to Dungeon Lurker, does anyone know this game? This thing looks awesome and I'd absolutely wishlist it if I could.
Metrogear: Tactical City-Building Action is part of the @blueoceangames.bsky.social Rising Tide trailer competition!Trailers are just 1 minute long, so check it out if you want to see a bunch of upcoming games! I've already found some really cool stuff
blueoceangames.com/challenge/vo...
We've got 3D impact jiggles now!
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First take of the impact effect is done! Gotta get it working upwards next, but I'm thinking this looks pretty darn nifty.
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aaaaaa it works!!!
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It's actually just a pile of 2D TileMapLayers. The key to getting the sprites ordered correctly is offsetting the y_sort_origin and texture_origin.y for each tile by a multiple of your tileSize
(To be clear, I'm working on making a quick "Lego"-style flying down animation now, this was just the first draft of code that actually did something visual and it's a little overwhelming to see it do anything, even if it's kinda backwards)
Finally being able to do this sort z-axis animation is ridiculously gratifying. I knew this Should have been possible forever ago but just couldn't get it to work until the other day
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I finally got y-sorted z-axis animations working!
not a big deal, it just took a couple months of failed attempts and an engine upgrade
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I'm partway through an engine upgrade and The Big Workaround Script is finally running. I still can't compile, but I'm seeing entirely new errors coming from deep in the old code! I've never been happier to fail
Not much to share at the moment, I'm just in the middle of upgrading my game from Godot 3 to Godot 4, something I've been putting off since...March 2023, apparently.
But! Godot 4 has features that'll make Z-axis animation a ton easier, which I'm very excited to try.
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New Enemy Type: Sharks with legs and rockets
(These are going to look slightly different once they're visible in-game, but sprite ordering is still a bit busted)
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Not quite, but the isometric look is hugely inspired by games like Populous.
Think of this as more of an X-COM meets roguelike city builder, trying to capture the spirit of the anime Evangelion
Check out the Steam page for a super early trailer and some details:
store.steampowered.com/app/3626080
Catching Two colds/flu's in the middle of rewriting my sprite layering code was not a fun time, but the game is almost back to full functionality!
(aside from the fact that buildings are still drawing backwards)
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I can feel a cold coming on, which apparently means I've spent all day rewriting code that draws each layer, but this time in exactly the wrong order. Probably time for a break...
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Dug up this gif from an old version while digging through some files. I'm not using this shader for anything atm, but it's so cool that I'll have to use it in the future.
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Kinda! I'm trying to get a system for animating the tiles in general set up, so I can apply canned movements on the tiles that already exist in the world.
ie: I want tiles to ripple in a radius around explosions
The flying upward is just the simplest animation I could make to test sprite ordering
Turns out the sprite ordering issue I'm having is a pretty big sort of sorting issue, so here's some pretty-broken stuff I came up with while testing instead.
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Got the first-draft of tile animation working today! There's some pretty bad layering issues going on with it atm, but I'm happy with how it's coming along so far.
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Hi Daivd, you can wishlist the game at the link below. If you're not able to sign in into your web browser for any reason, you can also search for "Metrogear" in the steam app.
store.steampowered.com/app/3626080/...
Working on getting indivdual tiles animated today. The goal being to create a "lego"-type effect when placing buildings, and a "ripple" sort of effect when a tile is shot.
(No footage yet, but stay tuned!)
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That said, if you wishlist it on Steam, they'll send you an email when the demo is out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3626080/...
Thank you so much for your interest! The game is probably in an advanced prototype stage at this point. I've got most of the core city-building systems built, but combat still has a way to go.
And tbh, I can't confidently say when a demo will be ready, but I'm vaguely targeting the end of the year
Thanks Antoine! I'm a long way to release, but feedback like this helps a ton!
Mind sharing which game it reminds you of? Brigador has been a major influence so far for the look of the lighting
Just showing off some lighting effects on my sprites today
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Updated my Steam page today with some actual details on gameplay!
Check it out and wishlist it if you haven't!
store.steampowered.com/app/3626080/...
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Nothing too fancy today, just cleaned up the normal maps for my canal sprites. New sprites involving water always need some really minor edits to get the water lit correctly
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